Folktales of Finland and Norway

Our first folktale podcast was so popular, we thought we’d bring you another!  This time we hear a tale from Finland called The Mighty Mikko, and my son Carl Stavney is the featured guest reading the classic Norwegian folktale, The Lad Who Went to the Northwind.  We also bring you a lovely accordion, mandolin, and guitar piece by the Folk Voice Band out of the Seattle Area.  So take a load off and listen to some storytelling and Finnish music from old Scandinavia.

Links

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mighty Mikko, by Parker Fillmore is a free digital download.

Favorite Folktales from Around the World, is a nice collection that you can find used (e.g. Thriftbooks, AbeBooks, Better World Books)

The Golden Scales Website with texts of folktales collected from several sources by Tormold Kinnes (including tales from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Shetland, Scotland, Ireland, and others) is a great online resource.

The comprehensive Scandinavian Folk & Fairy Tales book (666 pages!) my kids and I love, chock full of stories and tales taken from many other collections, most now in the public domain. Easy to find inexpensively used as a hardcover. For those who still prefer to hold a book in their hands!

Fairytalz.com is my favorite internet source of folktales from around the globe, including the Nordic countries.

The Seattle Area Folk Voice Band’s website, whose great music we played in this podcast.